AUTHORITY LIST FOR PRODUCTION METHOD
| Abraded | applies to grinding techniques that result in surface modification; use for "ground," except for flours and powders |
| Applied | use for waxes, oils, etc. |
| Appliqued | |
| Attached | use instead of glued, nailed, riveted, stapled, tacked |
| Baked | |
| Basketry, | coiled looped imbricated (overlay - not visible on inside) netted plaited (plain; also called checkerboard) twilled twined (open and false embroidery) wicker |
| Batik | use "Resist dyed" |
| Beadwork, | beaded netted strung woven |
| Beaten | use instead of hammered, pounded |
| Bent | |
| Bleached | |
| Blown | for hand blown glass; blown eggs |
| Bonework | use specific terms such as: Cut, Incised, Perforated, or Strung, whenever applicable |
| Braided | for non-textile work; also used as a modifier with "Textile" |
| Burned | for burned decoration or for charred wood, etc.; does not include accidental burning; use "Perforated" for burned perforations |
| Carved | use instead of notched, gouged, fluted, grooved |
| Cast | use "Molded" |
| Ceramic | for all ceramic construction and technologies, fired or not |
| Chased | use "Repousse" |
| Chipped | use instead of flaked |
| Cire Perdue | use "Molded" |
| Coiled | use with "Basketry" as a modifier |
| Colored | use only when it applies to color applied after construction, not to the coloring of parts prior to construction; use for tinted, stained |
| Cordage | use "Twisted" or "Braided" |
| Cut | |
| Dipped | use for dipped candle making |
| Drawn | use with "Cut" for drawn and cut metal |
| Dried | |
| Drilled | use "Perforated" |
| Dyed | |
| Embossed | |
| Embroidered | if on a textile, use as a modifier for "Textile" |
| Enameled | |
| Engraved | use "Incised" |
| Etched | use where surface alterations are produced by acid corrosion |
| Featherwork | use for decorative featherwork, but NOT for miscellaneous attached feathers; use "Fletched" for arrows |
| Filed | |
| Filigreed | |
| Flaked | use "Chipped" |
| Fletched | use for arrows |
| Fluted | use "Carved" if defining decoration; use "Flake Scar" if defining stone tool |
| Folded | |
| Forged | use "Wrought" |
| Gilded | |
| Glasswork | use for all single glass beads and for all other glass objects where no other construction technique is known |
| Glazed | |
| Glued | use "Attached" |
| Gouged | use "Carved" |
| Grooved | use "Carved" |
| Ground | use for flours and powders only |
| Hammered | use "Beaten" |
| Ikat | use "Resist dyed" |
| Impressed | use instead of stamped, tooled |
| Incised | use instead of engraved |
| Inlaid | |
| Knotted | for macrame use "Textile, knotted" |
| Lacquered | use instead of varnished, pitched, shellacked |
| Lashed | use for things that have component parts tied together |
| Lathe turned | use "Turned" |
| Leatherwork | use for non-specific modifications to all leather-like materials |
| Macrame | use "Textile, knotted" |
| Metalwork | use specific terms such as: Beaten, Cut, Drawn, Etched, Filigreed, Molded, Plated, Polished, Repousse, Soldered, Strung, Tempered, Turned, or Wrought whenever applicable |
| Modeled | use for hand modeling, including pinching; does not include the cast or mold that is made |
| Molded | use instead of cast; includes bottles blown into molds, molded candles, molded plastic, cire perdue |
| Nailed | use "Attached" |
| Needlepoint | |
| Notched | use "Carved" |
| Oiled | use "Applied" |
| Overlaid | |
| Painted | |
| Pecked | |
| Perforated | use for drilled and burned perforations; when used for beads, use for single beads only |
| Photography | |
| Pinched | use "Molded" |
| Pitched | use "Lacquered" |
| Plated | |
| Polished | |
| Pounded | use "Beaten" |
| Powdered | use "Ground" |
| Pressed | |
| Printed | use for printing on cards, paper, cloth |
| Processed | used primarily for plant materials when no other modification is known |
| Quilled | |
| Repousse | use instead of chased |
| Resist dyed | use instead of tie-dye, ikat |
| Riveted | use "Attached" |
| Scraped | refers to pottery only |
| Sewn | |
| Shellacked | use "Lacquered |
| Shellwork | use specific terms such as: Abraded, Cut, Carved, Etched, Inlaid, Perforated, Polished, or Strung when applicable |
| Shrunken | heads only, please |
| Slipped | refers to pottery only |
| Soldered | |
| Split | use for raw plant materials |
| Spun | |
| Stabilized | use for turquoise and other gems |
| Stained | use "Colored" |
| Stamped | use "Impressed" |
| Stapled | use "Attached" |
| Stonework | use specific terms such as: Abraded, Carved, Perforated, Polished, or Strung whenever applicable |
| Stretched | |
| Strung | use for beads on a string, or with "Beadwork" as a modifier; use also for strings on a harp |
| Stuffed | use for dolls and mounted animals |
| Tacked | use "Attached" |
| Tempered | |
| Textile, | braided brocaded crocheted felted knitted knotted laced machine-made netted openwork tatted tufted twilled twined woven |
| Tied | use "Lashed" |
| Tie-dyed | use "Resist dyed" |
| Tinted | use "Colored" |
| Tooled | use "Impressed" |
| Turned | use instead of lathe turned |
| Twisted | use for cordage (single or multiple plys), or metal |
| Unmodified | |
| Varnished | use "Lacquered" |
| Waxed | use "Applied" |
| Wheel thrown | |
| Woodwork | use specific terms such as: Cut, Bent, Burned, Incised, Painted, Polished, Strung, or Turned when applicable |
| Wrapped | |
| Wrought | use instead of forged |